CATECHIST PREPARATION
One-Day Session FAITH FOCUS
BEFORE THE SESSION
The Spirit sent by Jesus comes to us at Baptism and Confirmation and gives us the ability to live the Christian life.
• Set up the prayer space.
OUTCOMES
• Check
• Bookmark your Bible to
John 14:15–18. • Recognize Confirmation as an opportunity to renew commitment to Jesus and
the Church.
www.loyolapress.com/ confirmation for more ideas and background information.
• Set up the CD player for any music
• Describe Jesus’ promise of the Holy Spirit. • Describe how the Holy Spirit is portrayed in the Old Testament and the New Testament. • Express an understanding of how the Holy Spirit is at work in the world and in our lives. • Identify images of the Holy Spirit.
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MATERIALS
• Tell how the Holy Spirit can enable us to help others in need.
Required
• Describe our relationship with the Holy Spirit.
• Young People’s Books
• Reflect prayerfully on the Holy Spirit, the Advocate sent by God to guide us and
• Bibles
renew us in Confirmation.
• My Confirmation Journal
• Define Advocate, Christ, Church, grace, Messiah, and stewardship.
• CD player • Art supplies • Slips of paper and envelopes (page 2)
D AY O N E STEPS
APPROXIMATE TIME: 60 MINUTES
Engage Confirmed in the Spirit (page 1)
Reflect Prayer to the Holy Spirit (page 10)
10–15 minutes
Track 1 (page 1) • Media player (page 1) • PDF 1A: Test Your Catholic Knowledge
25–30 minutes
(page 1) • Several bottles of bubble solution and
bubble wands (page 3) • PDF 1B: Litany of the Holy Spirit
(page 3) • BLM 1: Getting to Know the Holy
Spirit (page 7) • 2 ½” x 8” strips of heavy construction
paper (page 7) 10–15 minutes
• PDF 1C: Christian Service (page 9) • PDF 1D: The Story of Paul (page 10)
Respond Summary (page 11) Review (page 12)
• Optional Chapter A (page 1) • Resource DVD Called and Confirmed
Explore The Spirit Is with Us (page 2) The Spirit in the Old Testament (page 3) The Spirit in the New Testament (page 3) The Spirit in the World Today (page 3) Father, Son, and Spirit with Us (pages 4–5) Images of the Spirit (pages 6–7) A Confirmed Commitment (page 8) Witness, Act, Pray (pages 8–9)
If Time Allows
10–15 minutes
Enriching the Faith Experience Use the activity ideas found at www.loyolapress.com/confirmation to enrich a lesson or to replace an activity with one that better meets the needs of your group. Young people may write in their My Confirmation Journal either during the session or at home. Be sure that young people complete pages ii–viii at the beginning of the Journal. Pages 1–10 of the Journal correspond to this chapter. Encourage young people to discuss with their sponsors their insights, questions, and ideas related to this chapter as they use the Faith to Faith magazine in their conversations.
CHAPTER 1: Confirmed in the Spirit
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